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BEsT MANAGEMENT PRACTICEs HANDbooK - Tahoe BMP

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INPUT DATA NEEDSThe following data inputs are necessary for a Pollutant Load Estimate inLRPT:• Average annual precipitation for the subject parcel• Parcel area and delineation of parcel boundary• Land use(s) and land use condition(s) for the parcel, which is used to deriveEMCs• Surface types (e.g. pervious/impervious) and routing among surfaces• Runoff yield estimate by surface typeTYPICAL LEVEL OF EFFORTCompared to the other models covered in these Summary Sheets that canprovide a Pollutant Load Estimate, the LRPT is relatively easy to apply. Usersmust possess an understanding of hydrologic routing and the TMDL waterquality data to successfully apply the model. A user of the LRPT will benefitfrom some basic training, and will need a few hours to one day of time toreview supporting documentation to become familiar with the model.AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATIONThe LRPT program is available for download at: www.tahoebmp.org.The supporting document: Load Reduction Planning Tool (LRPT) - AMethodology for Estimating Water Quality Benefits of RedevelopmentProjects in the Lake <strong>Tahoe</strong> Basin (2NDNATURE, 2009) describes the: 1)theory and methods for runoff calculations in the LRPT; 2) basis for EMCsused in the LRPT; and 3) instructions on how to apply the LRPT organized ina step-wise procedure. This document is available for download at:www.tahoebmp.org.1.3.3.5 HYDROLOGIC MODELING SYSTEM (HMS)MODEL SUMMARYThe Hydrologic Modeling System (HMS) is developed and supported by theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) inDavis, California. HMS is designed to simulate precipitation-runoff processesfrom a wide range of watershed conditions and hydrologic applications, frommodeling large river basins for water supply and flood hydrology to modelingsmall urban drainages for public works designs. The computational enginesupporting HMS is based on over 30 years of hydrologic software developmentat HEC. HMS is the successor to the widely used HEC-1 program.HMS provides seven methods to estimate rainfall losses on pervious surfacesand six methods to transform excess precipitation to runoff. Availablecomputation intervals in HMS range from 1 minute to 24 hours. SimulationsCHAPTER 1: Urban HydrologyTRPA <strong>BMP</strong> HandbookPage 1-20 2012

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